It started with a Kids Festival and Easter Egg Hunt for the community and boy did the community show up! We were not sure what to expect and let’s just put it this way….next year we will have to quadruple the size of the festival and at least double the size of the hunt!!! Cars flooded in and families filled the CLC property.
At 5pm we heard the deep rumble of the helicopter coming over the church to the field carying Pastor James and the Easter Bunny!!! They circled over and then dropped eggs onto the field (not planned but some into the crowd as well)
When the flag was dropped about 1500 kids devoured the field and in about 48 seconds over 15,000 Easter eggs were picked!!!! It was truly an amazing site to see! A wave of children moving in unison leaving nothing behind!!
We had three services and all three services were so filled with such an awesome, sweet presence of Jesus. Easter is an awesome time for churches around the world to unite and remind everyone of exactly what Jesus did on that cross and the restored relationship we have with His resurrection!!Every part of the service pointed to the finished work of the cross! The intro was so overwhelming and most people were in awe of just how grand, alive and vibrant the cross could be portrayed! Hats off to the lighting, media and worship team who poured their hearts into a phenomenal worship experience!!!
Pastor James ministered to a full house a message entitled “A Win Win”. It was so awesome to see so many guests and united family units all hearing the fact that God is so madly in love with them and that its not about what they have done but what Jesus did! He shared personal stories of his father’s (Bishop Green) love for him, as well as his own love for his children (Brittney, Cameron and Carter). “If God is for us….WHO can be against us and WHAT can separate us from the love of God” were just a couple of passages he shared from and the atmosphere was so alive and full of God’s love and passion!!!!
We had our first official Traditional Service! Our chapel was full and we had our very own CLC choir sinG. They delivered the message of the gospel through every song. The atmosphere was so amazing and it was a great way to start the morning!!
Champion Life Centre Volunteers and Interns showed up in full force and filled the church with hearts ready to serve!! They were definitely the tangible physical expression of being Jesus to every person who walked onto our campus this weekend.
May we continue to point people to the cross and see lives touched, transformed and growing in the revelation of the love relationship God paid such a valuable price for! May we see Jesus revealed to hearts hungry to know Him and then making Him known!
